Revered throughout the world, Charles Dickens always enjoyed recognition in Russia. Fyodor Dostoevsky named him his favorite writer. Leo Tolstoy placed Dickens's novels at the forefront of world literature, noting their inherent significance of content, mastery of form, sincerity, and 'the author's moral approach to the subject.' All these qualities fully apply to The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, which was published as a separate edition in 1837 and immediately made the author famous. This cheerful, witty novel, full of superb English humor, about a club of funny, likeable gentlemen traveling across the country, has long been a favorite among readers worldwide.